Community/Public Services news and information for Spain

A WOMAN from Lugo (Galicia) who died on Thursday has been buried in a coffin she designed, bought and took home with her back in 1997. Josefa Rego, known as 'Fina de Rivera' by her friends and neighbours, passed...

PATIENTS not turning up for their hospital appointments and forcing waiting lists up have plummeted by a third in La Rioja after one trust started sending automatic text-message reminders. Every time someone misses...

FOOTAGE of a mosque leader sobbing in the arms of a grieving dad whose child was killed in the Barcelona terror attacks has gone viral, and proven once again that Spain is above racism and stereotypes and is pulling...

MEMBERS of a Spanish charity rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean say they have been threatened at gunpoint by the Libyan coastguard. According to Proactiva Open Arms, which works closely with refugees risking their...

MIGRANTS sailing into Spain from Africa are multiplying so fast that the country could soon overtake Greece as the port of call for those fleeing poverty, political upheaval and armed conflict. In the first eight-and-a...

CONTROVERSIAL advice to female lifeguards working on the beaches in Gijón (Asturias) has caused a nationwide stir – head of 'baywatch' surveillance at the city council says ladies should wear trousers to...

RAFTS carrying over 40 migrants have been intercepted in the Strait of Gibraltar and 149 Africans rescued, the coastguard revealed this morning (Sunday). Five barely-seaworthy sailing boats were spotted between 05.00...

GRANDPARENTS in Spain have called for the government to 'implement measures' so that the bulk of childcare does not fall on them when their own children have to go to work. The plea has come from the Democratic...

SPAIN'S population has risen for the first time in six years, according to latest figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE) – and although foreign residents barely make up 10%, this is largely due to an...

SPAIN'S government has agreed 200 measures and an investment of €1 billion towards the battle against domestic violence, and a taskforce will meet on Monday (July 24) to tie up loose ends. Next, on Friday, the...